tyrannize

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Recent Examples of tyrannize There would be plenty to celebrate if Iranians successfully replaced the Islamist regime that has tyrannized them for 45 years. Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 18 June 2025 The driving force behind these antics is a tyrannizing uncertainty. Andrew Kay, Harpers Magazine, 28 May 2025 As a simple but stable system of cryptographic property rights, Bitcoin is a digital, modern-day solution to the problems the U.S. Constitution sought to solve: protecting us from humans who seek to tyrannize us. Edan Yago, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 Saddam Hussein tyrannized Iraq for 12 years after his troops were routed in Kuwait in 1991. Daniel Treisman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2022 The mechanics of Shakespeare’s plot — unfolding first in rigid, tyrannized Sicilia and then in pastoral, sunnier Bohemia — hinge on our rooting for the characters Leontes so cruelly censures. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023 In the process, these majority ethnic coalitions tyrannize and marginalize other groups, particularly those that are not members of the coalition. John Mukum Mbaku, Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2021 In Portsmouth, Virginia, cops have been systematically using their state power to tyrannize political enemies. Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2020 In such societies, counters Madison, a majority will tyrannize the minority. Corey Robin, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tyrannize
Verb
  • Ava Gardner was a mid-century bombshell as famous for her relationships with the likes of Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra as for her films, and by the late 1980s, when the play is set, her own star image seems to oppress her.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
  • So, the whole thing just seems naive from people who’ve been oppressed by this murderous regime for 46 years.
    Fiction Non Fiction July 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
Verb
  • Once dominated by legacy brands, like L’Oréal, Unilever, Estée Lauder, P&G, LVMH, and Chanel, the $650B sector has transformed significantly, with the explosive growth of new brands like e.l.f., AI technology, and social media.
    Dean DeBiase, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • In an age dominated by smartphones, his old devices serve as both nostalgic keepsakes and reminders of a slower, less connected time.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Should the weather dictate an e-Learning day, Milewski said texts and emails will be sent and phone calls made as soon as the decision is rendered.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The old rule allowed no more than two players to rush the quarterback at a time and dictated that legal rushers all had to start 7-plus yards off the line.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While independent venues shuttered during the pandemic, venue domineer Live Nation — which can much more easily close its doors for soundproofing or for an infectious outbreak — posted its best years in 2022 and 2023.
    Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
  • When her father Philip dies, Rachel’s domineering mother, Carol, played by Ormond (see first look image), driven by the belief that Philip’s lifeless body will revive itself, forces her daughter to live with the corpse.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 June 2023
Verb
  • The agency will no longer regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants or oil and gas operations.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The production of cortisol is regulated by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which is the body’s main stress response system.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Tyrannize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tyrannize. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.

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